Eurasia

Moldovan Delegation headed by Premier Vlad Filat to visit Washington

A delegation led by Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat will be paying a visit to Washington between January 19 and 23. The delegation will also include Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar. …

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French ambassador: We want Serbia in EU

“France wants Serbia in the EU and that is the essence of our policy and our strategic course,” says French Ambassador Jean Francois Terral. The French diplomat said that during the meeting of the French and Serbian presidents on May 27 in Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy stressed that “we wanted Serbia …

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Serbian Defense Minister pushes for NATO debate in 2010

Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac said that Serbia will be working within the framework of NATO, “even if it does not become a member-state”. He mentioned Austria as an example of this, and added that he hopes a debate will begin on this topic in 2010. “We will have to …

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Serbian President plans trip to Kosovo

Serbian President Boris Tadić says he will be visiting Kosovo soon in order to show that Serbia is not giving up on the fight for the province and its citizens there. He said that the government will insist that its citizens in Kosovo prosper economically and have all the rights …

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Macedonia – Ivanov meets with Ahmeti

Macedonian President Gjorgje Ivanov met with DUI leader Ali Ahmeti on Wednesday. “The successful implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement is an example, which has to be followed by societies similar to Macedonia. The Euro-Atlantic idea is a project without an alternative as a recipe for permanent stability and prosperity”, …

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Romania moves closer to ratifying Nabucco

Southeastern Europe’s proposed natural gas pipeline moved a step closer to reality after the Romanian president signed a decree allowing parliament to ratify construction. The intergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco project was signed by the prime ministers of Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Austria in Ankara in July.

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IMF is ready to help Greece: Marek Belka

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is ready to help Greece if it needed. Director of the IMF’s European Department Marek Belka stated IMF is ready to render aid to Greece in case of request by the EU or Greece itself, but marked that the country could solve its issues alone.

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Josipovic Tipped to Win Croatia Presidential Run-off

Big margin of victory in first round over nearest rival, Milan Bandic, puts Social Democrat nominee in pole position to claim the prize on January 10. Ivo Josipovic, 52, won the first round of Croatian presidential elections last weekend by a wife margin and, along with his nearest rival, Milan …

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“Accession to Russia is desirable for Transnistria, but is hardly probable” – Grigory Marakuta

Transnistria’s special representative for parliamentary ties with other unrecognized states Grigory Marakuta, who had chaired the Transnistrian supreme soviet [parliament] for nearly 2 decades, thinks that accession to Russia is indeed very desirable for the unrecognized republic but is hardly probable because Transnistria has no common border with the Russian …

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Ilir Meta: There are many gaps in Albanian-Serbian relations

There are many gaps in Serbian-Albanian relations, when taken into consideration other neighboring countries. Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ilir Meta said following the strong objection made by the Self-Determination movement in Kosovo regarding the Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha’s announcement of financial assistance for Kosovo …

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